Buffalo in Erie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

In Memory of Millard Fillmore

By Yugoboy, April 22, 2013

1. In Memory of Millard Filmore Marker

Inscription.

In Memory of Millard Fillmore. . 13th President of the United States of America Born January 7, 1800. Died March 8, 1874 Dedicated by The Millard Fillmore Republican Women's Club Memorial Day May 30, 1932

13th President of the United States of America
Born January 7, 1800. Died March 8, 1874
Dedicated by The Millard Fillmore Republican Women's Club
Memorial Day May 30, 1932

Erected 1932 by Millard Fillmore Republican Women's Club.

Location. 42° 55.764′ N, 78° 51.808′ W. Marker is in Buffalo, New York, in Erie County. Marker can be reached from Main Street (New York State Route 5) near Delaware Avenue. Touch for map. Marker(s) are deep within Forest Lawn Cemetery.
For what it's worth, while the section is fenced in, the gate is not locked. Marker is in this post office area: Buffalo NY 14214, United States of America.

Caroline Filmore (second wife)
She is who is buried next to him in the Monument & Graves Photo
(click for full inscription)

By Yugoboy, April 22, 2013

9. Abigail Powers Filmore headstone

She is buried in this plot, just not next to the president who lays next to his second wife.

By Allen C. Browne, August 9, 2015

10. Millard Fillmore

This c. 1843 portrait of Millard Fillmore hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

“At the beginning of his administration, Millard Fillmore bestowed his presidential blessing on the Compromise of 1850 Senator Henry Clay's proposal to unite the North and the slave holding South. The ensuing harmony, however, was short-lived. Among the compromise's concessions to the South was the new Fugitive Slave Law, which facilitated the capture of runaway slaves, and Fillmore was determined to enforce it. As northern abolitionists sought to undermine enforcement, tempers on both sides of the issue flared again. The sectional bitterness made a future rupture over slavery all but certain.

Fillmore's portrait by an unidentified artist dates to about the time he retired from the House of Representatives in the early 1840s. In the years following, he devoted himself to reconciling the growing differences among fellow Whigs in his native New York State.” — National Portrait Gallery

Credits. This page was last revised on July 12, 2017. This page originally submitted on May 23, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 653 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on May 23, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. 10. submitted on August 30, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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